Free rabies vaccination clinic set for April 2

  • The Monmouth County Board of Health will sponsor a free rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats April 2 from 2-4 p.m. at the Allentown municipal garage, High Street.
  • Anyone who is a New Jersey resident may participate.

    For more information, call the health department, (732) 431-7456.

    Harlem Wizards to take

    on local basketball ‘stars’

    The Allentown/Upper Freehold Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism & Drug Abuse is sponsoring a visit from the Harlem Wizards professional basketball team April 9.

    The team performs trick hoops, alley-oops, and a student-participation halftime show.

    The Wizards will take on the local “squad of stars” — school and community members as well as elected officials — at 7 p.m. April 9 at Allentown High School, High Street. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Refreshments and souvenirs will be available for sale.

    Tickets may be purchased in advance at Woody’s Town Café, Allentown Pharmacy, Fancy This, Cream Ridge Golf Club, Handicapped High Rider Farm, and the Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township municipal buildings; or by calling (609) 259-6019. For more information on the Wizards, visit their Web site, www.harlemwizards.com.

    Orders for Hope Fire Co.

    hoagies due by April 10

    The Hope Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor a hoagie sale April 15 at the firehouse, Route 526, Allentown. The hoagies will cost $5 each. Pick-up will be between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. or 5 and 7 p.m. Pre-order by April 10 by calling Gerri, (69) 208-0127.

    Designer Karen Fisher

    to speak at garden lecture

    The annual Two Rivers Antiques Show and Garden Tour will feature a guest lecture by Karen Fisher of the New York City-based design company Designer Previews. The 2005 Garden Lecture and Luncheon will be held April 21 at the Shadowbrook, Shrewsbury. Tickets are $40.

    Fisher is known as an editor, professor, author and president of a company that created a new business model in the design world. She represents the world’s top designers and architects, and is also known for selecting young designers who go on to become world famous. She was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1996.

    The lecture will kick off the Two Rivers Antiques Show and Garden Tour’s main event, June 10-12, in Red Bank. The Red Bank Armory and Ice Complex will host the two-day event. Proceeds from both the April lecture and the two-day June event will go to the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch.

    For reservations, call the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation, (732) 923-6886 or log on to www.mhcf.org.